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\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[Conny]{fncychap}
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\usepackage{fix2col}

\usepackage{bookman}  % OK
%\usepackage{newcent}
%\usepackage{avant}    % not I
%\usepackage{charter}  % bf, tt bad
%\usepackage{helvet}    % not I
%\usepackage{palatino}   % normal seems blurry in PDF
%\usepackage{pifont}    % not I
%\usepackage{times}      % crash?
%\usepackage{8r}       % not I
%\usepackage{chancery} % script
%\usepackage{eiad}     % Irish, not working

\usepackage{natbib}
% next two assure correct Irish hyphenation
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%\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[pdftex,
%			draft,
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            citecolor=red,
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            bookmarks=true,
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            pdfstartview=FitH,
            pdfview=FitH,
            pdftitle={LSnaG},
            pdfauthor={Kevin P. Scannell}]{hyperref}
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\begin{document}
\begin{frontmatter}
\title{\Huge\bf L\'{\i}onra S\'eimeantach na Gaeilge,
1.001} % Leagan anseo
\author{{\Large Kevin P. Scannell}\\ \\ {\Large Ollscoil Saint Louis}}
\date{\today}
\maketitle
\onecolumn
\input brollach.tex
% \tableofcontents
\end{frontmatter}

\begin{mainmatter}
\twocolumn
\lhead{\large\bf \rightmark}
\rhead{\large\bf \leftmark}
\input sonrai.tex
\appendix
\lhead{}
\rhead{}
\selectlanguage{american}
\input fdl.tex
\selectlanguage{irish}
\end{mainmatter}

\begin{backmatter}
\onecolumn
\input nocites.tex
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Leabharliosta}
\end{backmatter}

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